Article: HALSTON; A SEVENTIES ICON TALKS ABOUT WORK, RUMORS AND THE REVELRY OF STUDIO 54.(Interview)

It is early for Halston, 46, to be home. "I am never here before 8," he says, as the rain begins to beat and the lightning crackles outside. "And if I have friends in for dinner, it"s usually about 10:20 or 11." Slightly eery, empty, isn't it -- being alone in this place? "No, it's terrific," he answers in his hard-to-place, WASP-y accent. "I might have a friend over, or several. People sort of find their place here -- Liza [Minnelli] on the floor, Bianca [Jagger] on that chair over there, Martha [Graham] right here, Andy [Warhol] comes a lot."

At which point the phone rings: a young socialite friend, Catherine Guinness. Halston greets her in his most melting ...

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